Posted on 12/25/2019 6:45:30 AM PST by StAnDeliver
Donald Trump got up from his family Christmas Eve dinner at Mar-a-Lago to greet Alan Dershowitz amid reports the famed attorney could join the president's impeachment team.
Trump got up from his table, where he was seated next to first lady Melania Trump, to walk over and talk to Dershowitz after reports his legal team has discussed bringing Dershowitz on board to help with the president's impeachment trial in the Senate.
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"I have advocated that there needs to be one other attorney that's added to the mix for the president. And that is Alan Dershowitz. I think he'd be great to come in, get Alan Dershowitz in to be part of that defense team." -Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) House Freedom Caucus podcastThe benefits of hiring Dersh are well-known. He's a genius. I would argue for Jonathan Turley, but Turley's advantage of being thoroughly saturated in the limited history of impeachment law is probably countered by Dersh's uncanny ability to absolutely know what the opponent is going to do next, and then Alan takes away the opponent's oxygen on the spot.
Here's the downsides with hiring AlanDersh: he plays the long game, and not likely to go down swinging on behalf of anyone but himself, particularly in a room full of politicians; he's probably uninterested in expanding the Senate trial to the Biden's or even the whistleblower; and finally, what if he quits you? No one needs those optix.
He also has an Epstein problem
My first thought.
Yes he certainly does. And if he joins the Trump team, the Rat media will immediately begin to exploit that very problem.
I think Dershowitz could be a distraction if directly involved. He does a good job on the outside.
“He also has an Epstein problem”
That’s the sole fly in the ointment.
“Pelosi,I’ll see your angry dyke “Constitutional scholar” and raise you Professor Dershowitz”
His only “Epstein problem” is that he was Epstein’s lawyer. It’s not always possible for lawyers to hang out with pillars of society.
Recently, Dershowitz appeared on Mark Levin’s Fox News Channel show “Life, Liberty, Levin” and did what I thought a VERY credible job of refuting the Epstein “allegations”....if you are able to see a re-run of the show, do it....it ran approximately 2 weeks ago........
Well, his name was on multiple lists over the years. Somehow, a good deal of them bought their way off the lists!
Didn’t stop Cernovich from directly collaborating with Dershowitz to unseal nearly everything from the Epstein plea deal as well as Ghislaine’s summary judgment pleadings.
Dershowitz flew on Epstein’s plane. Maybe he did that solely as Epstein’s lawyer. And maybe - like Sgt. Schultz - Dershowitz saw nothing unusual.
But I sure wouldn’t want that guy on my legal team. There has to be other lawyers out there who are just as good.
Tactics by President Trump. ...makes the other side worry....
I think if you look, you’ll find more than a few times that he flew on the Lolita Express.
He was more than Epstein‘s lawyer. He was Epstein’s guest often on Sex Fiend Island.
For this very reason, trump should avoid the Dersh.
That's actually Trump's ace-in-the-hole. "Back off and acquit me or I'll call witnesses for months, we will have this on like Donkey Kong.", and in that scenario you want Dershowitz lighting matches...
All of Jared Kushner and his dad’s precious Mossad/CIA has an Epstein problem.
Trump’s AG already buried it with his improbable claim about Epstein’s death.
So this just cements yet more of the Swampishness that the Trump admin isn’t going near.
I disagree. Dershowitz, as it were, is covered in gasoline. Do you really think he should be lighting matches?
Trump doesn’t need TV lawyers in love with the sound of their own voice. He needs trial lawyers who have Trumps best interest in mind and not their own.
Are you not familiar with the accusations of Epstein’s accusers? The Dersh’s efforts to go after them in court? His suspect cozying up to the Trump admin?
Exactly. If Dersh joined the fight against impeachment, it would take the focus off the Biden’s and Ukraine and instead give the media an opportunity to focus it on President Trump’s ties to Epstein. We do not want that.
Dershowitz is damaged goods.
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